Always uses https for requesting tiles, even in development mode

[tjwebb]

CartoDB uses https when making requests to the Windshaft tile server, even though I have http set in my app_config.yml:

tile_protocol: 'http'

[tjwebb]

This problem is extremely infuriating. No matter what I do, I cannot make carto use http instead of https.

[tjwebb]

Can't figure it out. I resorted to a global s/https/http search-replace but that obviously broke just about everything. Help! I'd love to start work on Carto but this is a huge blocker right now... Thanks

[tjwebb]

Set up on CartoDB on another machine (Ubuntu 12.04 fresh install) and having the same issue. Does anyone have any ideas for a fix?

[jmwenda]

i had to change some of the map.js functions to force them to use http

[tjwebb]

I tried messing in there as well but I always ended up breaking other things. Do you know specifically what you changed?

And I'm just as interested as to why the tile_protocol property as no effect. Seems like a bug.

[jmwenda]

i know, it a pain in the ass, but i changed lib/assets/javascripts/cdb/src/geo/common.js and added
opts.tiler_protocol= "http"; after line55
https://github.com/CartoDB/cartodb.js/blob/develop/src/geo/common.js#L55 and also changed line 128 to return http

[tjwebb]

Ok thanks, I'll try that. Do you know where opts.tiler_protocol is set initially?

[tjwebb]

Ok I was able to make it work by hacking common.js. Thanks for the tip.

Now of course, I ran into another ignoring-my-configuration issue...

CartoDB/Windshaft-cartodb#60

[zqshen]

This also worked for me. Thanks!

[javisantana]

we internally work with http for development is as easy as change the configuration in config/app_config.yml

[tjwebb]

Look at the other comments! Changing app_config does NOT work!

[javisantana]

@tkwebb this is my app_config.yml, to develop I use a checkout of cartodb code without any modification (i've removed some keys). Once you have it in config folder, restart the app (the rails app and the importer) and create/import a new table

defaults: &defaults
  debug_assets: true
  mandatory_keys:     [layer_opts, tile_host, tile_port, sql_api_domain, sql_api_endpoint, sql_api_port, varnish_management, redis]
  session_domain:     '.localhost.lan'
  secret_token:       'XXXXXXXXXX'
  account_host:       'localhost:3000'
  account_path:       '/account'
  tile_protocol:      'http'
  tile_host:          'localhost.lan'
  tile_port:          '8181'
  sql_api_protocol:   'http'
  sql_api_domain:     'localhost.lan'
  sql_api_endpoint:   '/api/v1/sql'
  sql_api_port:       8080
  api_requests_service_url: ''
  developers_host:    'http://developers.localhost.lan:3000'

  varnish_management:
    critical: true
    host: '127.0.0.1'
    port: 6082
    purge_command: 'url.purge'
    retries: 5
    timeout: 5
  redis:
    host: '127.0.0.1'
    port: 6379
  superadmin:
    username: "superadmin"
    password: "asdasd"













  layer_opts:
    public_opts: ["type", "active", "query", "opacity", "auto_bound", 
                  "interactivity", "debug", "visible", "tiler_domain", 
                  "tiler_port", "tiler_protocol", "sql_domain", "sql_port", 
                  "sql_protocol", "extra_params", "cdn_url", "table_name", 
                  "user_name", "style_version"]
    default_tile_styles:
      point: "{\n  marker-fill: #FF6600;\n  marker-opacity: 0.9;\n  marker-width: 12;\n  marker-line-color: white;\n  marker-line-width: 3;\n  marker-line-opacity: 0.9;\n  marker-placement: point;\n  marker-type: ellipse;\n  marker-allow-overlap: true;\n}"
      geometry: "{\n // points\n [mapnik-geometry-type=1] {\n    marker-fill: #FF6600;\n    marker-opacity: 1;\n    marker-width: 16;\n    marker-line-color: white;\n    marker-line-width: 3;\n    marker-line-opacity: 0.9;\n    marker-placement: point;\n    marker-type: ellipse;marker-allow-overlap: true;\n  }\n\n //lines\n [mapnik-geometry-type=2] {\n    line-color:#FF6600; \n    line-width:1; \n    line-opacity: 0.7;\n  }\n\n //polygons\n [mapnik-geometry-type=3] {\n    polygon-fill:#FF6600;\n    polygon-opacity: 0.7;\n    line-opacity:1;\n    line-color: #FFFFFF;\n   }\n }"
      polygon: "{\n  polygon-fill:#FF6600;\n  polygon-opacity: 0.7;\n  line-opacity:1;\n  line-color: #FFFFFF;\n}"
      multipolygon: "{\n  polygon-fill:#FF6600;\n  polygon-opacity: 0.7;\n  line-opacity:1;\n  line-color: #FFFFFF;\n}"
      multilinestring: "{\n  line-color:#FF6600;\n  line-width:1;\n  line-opacity: 0.7;\n}"
    data:
      kind: "carto"
      options:
        query:              ""
        opacity:            0.99
        auto_bound:         false
        interactivity:      "cartodb_id"
        debug:              false
        visible:            true
        tiler_protocol:      'http'
        tiler_domain:          'localhost.lan'
        tiler_port:          '8181'
        sql_domain:         "localhost.lan"
        sql_port:           "8080"
        sql_protocol:       "http"
        extra_params:       { cache_policy: 'persist' }
        cdn_url:            ""
        tile_style_history: []
        style_version:      "2.1.1"
      infowindow:
        template_name:      "table/views/infowindow_light"
    background:
      kind: "background"
      options: { color: '#ffffff' }
    base:
      kind: "tiled"
      options:
        visible:      true
        type:         "Tiled"
        urlTemplate:  "http://a.tiles.mapbox.com/v3/mapbox.mapbox-streets/{z}/{x}/{y}.png"
        name:         'Streets (Mapbox)'
        className:    "mapbox_streets"
        attribution:  "Mapbox <a href='http://mapbox.com/about/maps' target='_blank'>Terms &amp; Feedback</a>"
    gmaps:
      kind: "gmapsbase"
      options:
        base_type: "roadmap"
        style: ""
  cartodb_com_hosted: true
  cartodb_central_domain_name: 'cartodb.com'
  aws:
    s3:
      access_key_id: "test"
      secret_access_key: "test"
  assets:
    s3_bucket_name: "tests"
    max_file_size: 10485760 # 10.megabytes

development:
  <<: *defaults
  varnish_management:
    critical: false
    host: '127.0.0.1'
    port: 6082
    purge_command: 'url.purge'
    retries: 5
    timeout: 5

test:
  <<: *defaults

[tjwebb]

I wouldn't have filed this bug if it were that easy. I've already tried that. Changing the setting it to http has no effect, thus my filing of this bug. Why doesn't it work for the other two posters in this thread either?

The only way to make it use http is to follow the instructions in this comment: #48 (comment)

[javisantana]

have you tried exactly the steps i described?

be careful because there are two places where http should be set and also you need to restart and create new tables. If you change the config file but you try to open tables already imported that is NOT going to work.

And believe me, we do NOT do any hack in cartodb.js to develop and I do develop using http

[tjwebb]

Yes. I've also tried re-installing the entire database, clearing the cache,
clearing redis, and even clearing out my entire installation several times.
It does not work. For the third time: Look at the comments in this issue!
I'm not the only one with this problem. I'm glad it works for you, but it doesn't work for any of us.

On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 10:24 AM, javi santana notifications@github.comwrote:

have you tried exactly the steps i described?

be careful because there are two places where http should be set and also
you need to restart and create new tables. If you change the config file
but you try to open tables already imported that is NOT going to work.

And believe me, we do NOT do any hack in cartodb.js to develop and I do
develop using http

—
Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHubhttps://github.com//issues/48#issuecomment-11445767.

[javisantana]

i already read the comments and the solution is there.

Do the following:

• import a table with data (for example erupean_countries from common data in dashboard)
• when the table is loaded the browser requests the layers in a request like http://development.localhost.lan:3000/api/v1/maps/123/layers

could you please paste me the json returned

this is what I get

{
total_entries: 2,
layers: [
{
options: {
style: null,
base_type: "roadmap"
},
kind: "gmapsbase",
infowindow: null,
id: 404,
order: 0
},
{
options: {
attribution: "CartoDB <a href='http://cartodb.com/attributions' target='_blank'>attribution</a>",
type: "CartoDB",
active: true,
query: null,
opacity: 0.99,
auto_bound: false,
interactivity: "cartodb_id",
interaction: true,
debug: false,
tiler_domain: "localhost.lan",
tiler_port: "8181",
tiler_protocol: "http",
sql_domain: "cartodb.com",
sql_port: "80",
sql_protocol: "http",
extra_params: {
cache_policy: "persist",
cache_buster: 1355741577109
},
cdn_url: "",
visible: true,
tile_style_history: [
....

[zqshen]

@javisantana I noticed that in the app_config.yml you not only have tiler_protocol in the top section, but also in the data section as:

data:
  kind: "carto"
  options:
    query:              ""
    opacity:            0.99
    auto_bound:         false
    interactivity:      "cartodb_id"
    debug:              false
    visible:            true
    tiler_protocol:      'http'
    tiler_domain:          'localhost.lan'
    tiler_port:          '8181'
    sql_domain:         "localhost.lan"
    sql_port:           "8080"
    sql_protocol:       "http"
    extra_params:       { cache_policy: 'persist' }
    cdn_url:            ""
    tile_style_history: []
    style_version:      "2.1.1"
  infowindow:
    template_name:      "table/views/infowindow_light"

How do these work together with the tiler_protocol in the default section? Should we change all of them? What about tiler_domain? It is "cartodb.com" in the original app_config.yml.

[javisantana]

@zqshen you should change in all the places and all the variables you need to fit your system config (tiler_protocol, tiler_domain, tiler_port and sql variables if you need). The variables should be the same in the top section and in the data section

We are working to remove those duplicities